Peadar Ua Laoghaire

Peadar Ua Laoghaire
Born(1839-04-30)30 April 1839
Liscarrigane, Clondrohid, County Cork
Died21 March 1920(1920-03-21) (aged 80)
Castlelyons, County Cork
EducationMaynooth College
Occupations
  • Catholic priest
  • writer
Writing career
LanguageMunster Irish
Literary movementGaelic revival
Notable works
  • Séadna (1904)
  • Mo Sgéal Féin (1915)

Father Peadar Ua Laoghaire or Peadar Ó Laoghaire (Irish pronunciation: [ˈpʲad̪ˠəɾˠ oː ˈl̪ˠeːɾʲə],[1] first name locally [ˈpʲad̪ˠəɾʲ];[2] 30 April 1839 – 21 March 1920),[3][4] also anglicized as Peter O'Leary,[5] was an Irish writer and Catholic priest, who is regarded today as one of the founders of modern literature in Irish.

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1944). The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork. pp. 21, 49.
  2. ^ An Músgraigheach 1, June 1943, note 1
  3. ^ Murphy, John A. (2009). "Ó Laoghaire, Peadar (An tAthair Peadar; O'Leary, Peter)". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
  4. ^ "An tAthair Peadar Ó Laoghaire". Archived from the original on 22 November 2007. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  5. ^ "O'Leary, Peter 1839-1920". WorldCat Identities. OCLC. Retrieved 30 March 2021.